Scientific Name	Pterois russelii   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	Bennett, 1831	Depth	- M
Chinese	勒氏簑鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	勒氏簑鮋
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	羅素氏簑鮋、獅子魚、長獅、魔鬼、國公、石狗敢、虎魚、雞公、紅虎、火烘、石頭魚
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	West、South West、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats		Holotype Locality	India [Coromandel coast, India, eastern Indian Ocean]
Synonyms	Pseudomonopterus kodipungi, Pterois geniserra, Pterois kodipungi, Pterois russeli, Pterois russelli, Pterois russellii
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Smith, M. M. etc. 1986 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0061498. ASIZP0061877. ASIZP0064781. ASIZP0064895. ASIZP0064899. ASIZP0064949. ASIZP0068301. ASIZP0804063. ASIZP0914063. CAS15206. CAS29976. CAS40237. NTUM06926. NTUM07693. RUSI35636. SIO80-207d. SIO80-213d. SIO80-214h. SIO80-215i.
Common Name	Plaintail firefish; Russell's fire fish; Planetail firefish; Plaintail turkeyfish; Zebrafish; Spotless butterfly-cod; Spotless firefish; Lionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XIII spines ann 10-11 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 6-7 soft rays; pectoral fin with 12-13 soft rays. Body covered with cycloid scales, supraorbital antenna shorter than eye orbit diameter.
habitats	Inhabits reef-associated marine environment; depth range - 60 m. Other ecological behaviour is unclear yet.
Distribution	Not commercial food species, edible, common aquarium speices.
Utility	Not commercial food species.